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Maddie Grant walks one of her show pigs in her family’s barn near Columbia on June 17. Working with her two pigs early will ensure both handler and animal are ready for the Boone County Fair on July 24.

Diana Papoulias, supervisory research fish biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, will give a talk about the relationship between chemicals in the Missouri River and intersex sturgeon at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Les Bourgeois Vineyards in Rocheport.

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who has been among the best players in the league the first half of the season, was sent for medical tests on his right knee and did not play in victories against the Marlins on Saturday and Sunday.

Hostess Brands LLC says the spongy yellow cakes will have a shelf life of 45 days when they start hitting shelves again July 15. That's nearly three weeks longer than the 26 days the previous owner had stated as the shelf life for Twinkies.

Because of problems in obtaining drugs for supposedly humane executions, states may revert to more tried-and-true methods, such as the gas chamber. Missouri would be better served to eliminate the death penalty.

It's the beginning of a technological turning point, representing the receding tide of copper-wire landlines that have been used since commercial service began in 1877. More than 100 million copper lines have already been disconnected, according to trade group US Telecom.